Xtreme Power

About

Hello, my name is Damon Carlstrom. I am a Senior Experience Designer & Developer currently living in Denver, CO, USA.

Throughout my professional experience thus far, I have developed an eclectic, in-depth set of skills and knowledge – from initial concept and design to final implementation. I believe this to be valuable because it gives me a high-level view of the product as a whole, as well as an understanding of the components it is made of.

I consider myself a life-long learner who enjoys the creative process as much as the final product. I prefer to work in an environment that encourages growth and fresh ideas. Always up for a challenge – I just like creating innovative solutions and having fun doing it.

Web Design / Development

Whether as an Interactive Designer or Front-End Developer, I have been a hybrid of both disciplines for 4 years. I am very comfortable using responsive layouts/frameworks (such as Bootstrap or Foundation) , HTML5, and CSS3. Jquery is the library I am most familiar with and cannot write plain ol’ Javascript. I am fairly comfortable working around PHP, ASP.NET, and React.

I have spent some time recently practicing with and learning about React. I am definitely interested in continuing to learn about how to best leverage this or other front-end frameworks when building UIs.

2D / 3D Animation & Compositing

I began with 2D motion graphics for web or video (Flash & After Effects) about 4 years ago. As the web evolved, I moved over to using more mobile-friendly solutions instead of Flash, such as Edge Animate or just web animations with CSS3, jQuery and SVGs.

About 3 years ago I dove into actual 3D modeling, animations, and compositing (still-image and video), using Cinema4D alongside either Photoshop or After Effects. I don’t spend a great deal of time doing 3D or motion graphics compared to the other areas, but would consider myself moderately skilled.